Combination bedside cabinet and table



April 6,1926. 1,579,784

L. ROTHSCHILD ET AL COMBINATION BEDSIDE CABINET AND TABLE Filed Jan. 01925 INVENTORS LEO/V IFOTMSCH/LP JOH/ g M L/PM) TIORNEY Patented Apr. 6,1926.

UNITED STATES PATsNT oFFic LEON ROTHSCHILI) AND JOHN M. LIPTAY, OF NEWYORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS 'TO HOS- PITAL IMPORT CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK,N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Application filed January 10, 1925. Serial No. 1,550.

To all whom it may concern:

and JOHN M. LIPTAY, citizens of the United States of America, residingat New York city, county and State of New York,haveinvented certain newand useful Improvements in Combination Bedside Cabinetsand Tables, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Thisinvention' relates to a combination bedside cabinet and table and inparticular to one which is adapted for use in hospitals or the likewhere compactness of various furniture accessories is very desirable;

A particular object of the invention is to provide a bedside cabinet andtable, the latter portion of which can be folded up when not in use andwhich can be used for various purposes such as a dressing table inemergency rooms or as a general utility table in wards or privatehospital rooms.

A further object of the invention is to provide a table which can bereadily extended for use or quickly folded up, and one which can beeasily adjusted for height or quickly lowered with a minimum of manualeffort.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a cabinet havingan overhanging table, the cabinet being provided with legs which affordsuflicient base length to prevent overturning or tilting of the cabinetwhen a weight is placed upon the table.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a cabinet havingan overhanging table readily removable from said cabinet.

Referring to the drawing wherein we have shown a preferred embodiment ofour invention;

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of our combination bedside cabinet andtable, the table portion being shown extended in the position which itwould normally occupy if being used.

Figure 2 is a view in elevation of the front side of the cabinet, thetable portion thereof being folded up.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view of the end of the cabinet showing thetable dropping lever and its associated parts.

Figure 4 is an enlarged section taken 011 the line H of Figure 1 showingthe table lowering device in detail.

Referring to the drawingvin detail, 5 indicates generally a cabinet,which may be made up of any material, for instance white enamelledmetal, which may be readily cleansed and maintained in sanitarycondition and comprises the end walls 6, bottom 7 and top 8, the back ofthe cabinet being constructed of lattice work 9 to allow for thoroughventilation. p

The cabinet may be provided interiorly with a latticed shelf 10, and adrawer 11, the

closure for the cabinet comprising the usual hinged door 12. The cabinetis supported on the straight legs 18 and extended legs 14:, the latterof which extend in the same direction as the table, hereinafterdescribed, and being arranged to greatly increase the base area so thatany weight placed on the table will be prevented from tilting thecabinet.

At the edges of the end wall 6 and adjacent the top of the cabinet, weprovise two oppositely disposed guides 15 in which are slidably retainedthe side pieces 16 of the table frame, the table 17 itself beingprovided with two extension arms 18 which are pivoted as at 19 at theirends, to'the upper mostpart of the side pieces 16, so that the table maybe swung up or down relatively to the cabinet. The side pieces 16 arejoined at their lower ends through the medium of a cross bar 20 whichcarries at its center a depending rod 21. This rod passes v through thehorizontally disposed hinged portion 22 of a bracket 28, the latterbeing suitably fixed to the side of the cabinet.

The hinged portion 22 is provided with an opening 2 1 through whichpasses the rod 21, the opening being slightly larger than the diameterof the rod. This difference in size, as illustrated in Figure 4, allowsthe rod to have free passage through the opening when the hinged portion22 is in horizontal position, but, when it is disposed at an angle, theedges of the opening engage the opposite side of the rod frictionallyand prevent its passage therethrough.

In order to raise or lower the locking plate, or hinged portion 22 toallow for raising or lowering of the table, we provide a foot'lever 25pivoted to the cabinet as at 26 and having an extended arm 27, the endof which underlies theplate 22 and is bent to form a hook portion 28around the rod 21, but spaced therefrom, so that the free end of thelever arm 27 will not be accidentally displaced.

It is evident that the pressure exerted downwardly on the hinged plate22 by the rod 21 will keep the foot lever in position, the latter beingpivoted at a point which will insure the normal upward pressure of thefree end of the arm 27.

In order to hold the table in horizontal position we provide a V-shapedbrace 29 the ends of the legs of which are pivoted in the side pieces 16below the guides 15 as at 80, while the free end 31 of the brace sdisposed in a. slot 32 formed in a strip 33 which is attached at itsends to the underside of the table 17 and extends longitudinally of thecenter thereof. The upper side of the strip near the inner end of thetable is pro vided with a cut-out or notch 34 which opens into the slot32, so that the free end 31 of the brace 29 may engage in said notchwhen the table is drawn up to horizontal position, said brace holdingthe table in extended position over a bed alongside of which the cabinetis adapted to be placed.

It is evident therefore that we have provided a combined bedside cabinetand table, the latter part of which may be quickly adjusted to positionand which, when opened it too high, can by a touch of the foot on v thelever 25, be properly adjusted to the dc sired height, while the cabinetcan be used to hold all of the accessories necessary in sick rooms ordressing rooms of hospitals or in any place where a general utilitytable of this character may be employed.

Having described our invention what we claim is 1. The combination witha cabinet some of the legs of which are extended beyond the base line ofthe cabinet, of a table member slidably associated with the cabinet andadapted to be readily removable therefrom,-

a hinged locking member through which passes a rod depending from saidtable member, said locking member when in horizontal position beingadapted to unlock said table member to permit the same to have slidingmovement relative to the cabinet and means for op rating said lockingmember.

2. The combination with a cabinet, of a frame associated therewithvertically thereof, a table pivoted on said frame and adapted to foldagainst the side of the cabinet and adapted to be readily removedtherefrom, a hinged locking memher on said frame, an extension on theframe passing through said member, the latter when disposed in angularposition being adapted to frictionally hold said extension, and afootlever for raising said locking member to horizontal position wherebythe frame may have downward sliding movement.

3. The combination with a cabinet adapted for bedside use, of a frame,guides on said cabinet through which said frame is adapted to havesliding movement, a table pivoted in said frame, said table and frameadapted to be readily removable from said cabinet, a foldable bracketextending from the frame to the table, a vertically disposed rod in saidframe, a locking plate on said cabinet having an opening therein throughwhich said rod is adapted to pass, a lever pivoted on the cabinet andadapted to raise and lower said locking plate whereby the table can befrictionally locked at any height relative to said cabinet.

LEON ROTHSCHILD. JOHN M. LIPTA Y.

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